Littlefield resident indicted for fatal fentanyl overdose

Littlefield resident Sandra Garcia Hernandez is indicted in connection with a fatal overdose that occurred last December.

In 2023, Governor Greg Abbott passed House Bill 6, a law that enacts criminal murder charges for supplying fentanyl that results in death.

Police reports say 58-year-old Hernandez supplied 29-year-old Tyler Perez with fentanyl, resulting in his death in December of 2023.

A Lamb County Grand Jury issued the indictment on Nov. 25 and took Hernandez into custody on Nov. 26.